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Seasons(4) / Episodes(85)
Plots(1)
THIRTYSOMETHING chronicles a circle of baby boomers as they cope with life in the 1980s. The "me" decade brings fresh challenges to the young professionals: Hope (Mel Harris) learns to balance her feminist ideals with her role as a stay-at-home mother, while her husband, Michael (Ken Olin), attempts to make it in the advertising business. His partner, Elliot (Timothy Busfield), struggles in the confines of his own marriage to Nancy (Patricia Wettig), a restless homemaker who eventually stares down ovarian cancer. Together with artist friend Melissa (Melanie Mayron), free spirit Ellyn (Polly Draper), and English prof. Gary Shepherd (Peter Horton), the couples pull together and fall apart under a variety of pressures and tragedies. (ABC TV Network)
(more)Cast
![Timothy Busfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271180_38e7a1.jpg)
Timothy Busfield
USA
Best series:
Billions (2016) (series)
The Loudest Voice (2019) (series)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) (series)
![Polly Draper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271980_2abfdd.jpg)
Polly Draper
USA
Best series:
Billions (2016) (series)
The Big C (2010) (series)
Tell Me a Story (2018) (series)
![Mel Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433454_798d6b.png)
Mel Harris
USA
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (series)
The Outer Limits (1995) (series)
![Peter Horton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268013_499f71.jpg)
Peter Horton
USA
Best series:
From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (series)
In Treatment (2008) (series)
Class of '96 (1993) (series)
Melanie Mayron
USA
Best series:
Julia (2022) (series)
Pretty Little Liars (2010) (series)
Jane the Virgin (2014) (series)
![Ken Olin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/132/162132338_f3f214.jpg)
Ken Olin
USA
Best series:
Hill Street Blues (1981) (series)
Alias (2001) (series)
Criminal Minds (2005) (series)
![Patricia Wettig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276107_f04d11.jpg)
Patricia Wettig
USA
Best series:
Prison Break (2005) (series)
Frasier (1993) (series)
Boomtown (2002) (series)
![Patricia Kalember](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/955/157955288_f3b04d.jpg)
Patricia Kalember
USA
Best series:
Olive Kitteridge (2014) (series)
Orange Is the New Black (2013) (series)
White Collar (2009) (series)
![David Clennon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342484_162832.png)
David Clennon
USA
Best series:
House of Cards (2013) (series)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (series)
Class of '96 (1993) (series)
Richard Gilliland
USA
Best series:
Dexter (2006) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) (series)
![Terry Kinney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/053/166053463_e1a6f5.jpg)
Terry Kinney
USA
![Corey Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901377_3683bd.jpg)
Corey Parker
USA
Best series:
Secrets and Lies (2015) (series)
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994) (series)
thirtysomething (1987) (series)
![Eddie Albert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272313_a24958.jpg)
Eddie Albert
USA
Best series:
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
Rawhide (1959) (series)
Spider-Man (1994) (series)
Charlie Stratton
Best series:
thirtysomething (1987) (series)
L.A. Law (1986) (series)
21 Jump Street (1987) (series)
![Rosalind Chao](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/040/166040688_f4f64e.jpg)
Rosalind Chao
USA
Best series:
Shameless (2011) (series)
This Is Us (2016) (series)
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
![Ken Jenkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/494/161494940_c90e10.jpg)
Ken Jenkins
USA
Best series:
Gravity Falls (2012) (series)
Homefront (1991) (series)
Vengeance Unlimited (1998) (series)
Carrie Hamilton
USA
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series)
thirtysomething (1987) (series)
The Pretender (1996) (series)
![Stephen Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/728/158728254_904da9.jpg)
Stephen Lee
USA
Best series:
The Golden Girls (1985) (series)
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
Grey's Anatomy (2005) (series)
![Lenny von Dohlen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/455/164455208_44a314.jpg)
Lenny von Dohlen
USA
Best series:
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Twin Peaks (1990) (series)
The Orville (2017) (series)
![Ernie Lively](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278727_97052b.jpg)
Ernie Lively
USA
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series)
That '70s Show (1998) (series)
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)